Improvement in wheels for vehicles



S. ATHA.

Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.

Patented `.inne 11, 1872.

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SIMEON ATHA, OF WEST LIBERTY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,824, dated June 11, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON ATHA, of West Liberty, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hubs for Carriage and Wagon Vheels, of which the following is a speciication:

My invention relates to that class ot' wheels in which the hub consists of two metallic shells, one on each side of the wheel and independent of each other, and each shell filled with awooden block, the two metallic shells being secured to the body of the wheel, which consists of the beveled ends of the spokes firmly and permanently united to each other` and into one solid body previous to the attachment of the parts constituting the hub by means of bolts passing through the flanges of the metallic shells and through the body of the united spokes, as set forth in the patent granted to me November 9, 1869; and my said invention consists in providing the metallic shells constituting the outer portion of the hub with inwardly-extending shoulders near their outer ends, against which shoulders formed on the inner wooden blocks bear, which latter, being driven into the metallic shells from the inside, are thus prevented bythe shoulders on the metallic shells from moving out from said shells, while they are prevented from moving around their own axes withinthe metallic shells by longitudinally-projecting ribs on the inside of the metallic shells, which ll corresponding longitudinal grooves in the wooden blocks. The block which fills the front shell is driven suiiicientlybeyond theouter end of the same to receive a band or collar, usually applied to hubs at their outer ends.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section through a carriage-hub constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical crosssection of the same in line Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents the body of the wheel without the parts constituting the hub, and consisting of the spokes firmly and permanently united at their lower beveled ends into a solid body.

The wheel is formed in the manner described in the Letters Patent granted to me on the 9th day of November, 1869, by rst gluing the contiguous beveled ends B of the spokes A and then firmly forcing them together by any suitable means to form one solid body-the body of the wheel-to which, on each side, the circular metal shells O D forming the hub are attached by rivets or bolts i, which pass through the flanges c d of said metal shells and the body of the wheel formed of the united spokes, and thus hold the parts forming the hub firmly to the said body of the wheel. The shells O D extend suflciently beyond their iianges c d to form circular rims b, which iit into circular grooves b formed on the faces of the body ot' the united beveled ends B of the spokes, which prevents any movement of the spokes or shells upon each other. The metallic shells O D are formed with inwardlyextending shoulders o d near their outer ends, against which shoulders c f on the corresponding outer ends of the wooden blocks E F bear. These blocks are made to iit into the metallic shells C D, and are driven into the same from the inside, andshould bear against the inward shoulders of the metallic shells C D, as shown at c d', and they pass through beyond the ends of the metal shells sufficiently to receive suitable end bands, if desired. To prevent the wooden blocks E F from turning around their own axes within their shells O D, I form longitudinal ribs g on the inside of the metallic shells O D, which ribs fit into grooves h formed in the Wooden blocks E F, Within their metal shells G D. Attempts to attain this result have been made by tapering the shells and their wooden blocks, making their outer ends smaller than their inner ends, which forms tapering openings; but it is very diiiicult to lit the tapering blocks correctly and perfectly to the tapering metallic shells, and should shrinkage take place the wooden tapering blocks will move outwardly, and thus remove the central lateral support to the lower ends of the spokes united into a solid body, which is a serious objection to that plan. In my improvement, however, the shells, being straight, are easily fitted with their wooden blocks E F, and the shoulders c d will effectually prevent any endwise movement of said wooden blocks, while the ribs g prevent any rotary movement of the same within the shells, thus always keeping the united ends of the spokes between iirm and solid central lateral supports. Thus a durable and neat wheel is produced.

Having fully described my invention, I de- 2 iesee y olare that I do not claim the invention of any one of the parts of which the wheel is composed.

I claiml. In a` carriage or Wagon wheel hub, consisting of independent metallic shells C D, one on each side ofthe body of the wheel, consistin g of the spokes irml y and permenentlyunited 'to each other at their contiguous lower ends,

and which shells are iilled with Wooden blocks, the shoulders c d on the shells and shoulders e f on the Wooden blocks, to prevent any end- Wise movement of the latter, essentially as described.

R. N. JORDAN, JENNIE J oRDAN. 

